– Students use digital media and environments tocommunicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.students:
– interact, collaborate, and publishwith peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
– communicate information and ideaseffectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
– developcultural understanding and global awarenessby engaging with learners of other cultures.
– contribute to project teams toproduce original works or solve problems.
• Put in major events in your life. Make sure you include success and failures and good and bad decisions
• Add 5 events to the Time-line i.e. - Birth- high school-college-first teaching job-marriage-kids birth-passing of a loved one-divorce-start of a business- bankruptcy-empty nester-retirement etc.
• Sync.in has all the features of Etherpad bundled in a redesigned intuitive interface. We’ve integrated it with Twitter, Facebook and some of your favorite social networks so you can share notes with friends and colleagues easily.
Sync.in is available in a Free and Pro model.
• To start creating notes, without registration, visit: http://sync.in
Web publication gives students a real audience to write to and, when optimized, a collaborative environment where they can give and receive feedback.techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders
Why would I use a blog in my classroom?
• engage in discussion.
• equal opportunity to participate.
• reading and writing
• work published
• share their ideas and opinions with other
• contribute to the discussion.
Let’s post to a blog and see what this is all about!
Posted by Vicki A. Davis
I was sent a dozen roses this week by a wonderful, amazing student who found his talent for writing in this year's Digiteen project. I'm more convinced than ever that blogging and doing it with other students from around the world is essential to helping students connect with themselves and a larger world.
You ask me to give you the reasons. In honor of the dozen roses on my desk, here's just twelve.
Blogging is a different form of writing than the essay.
Blogging encourages student voice.
Blogging creates a stronger connection with the teacher.
Blogging gets students writing.
Blogging engages students in conversation.
Blogging Helps Eradicate IM Speak from their Professional Writing.
• used to add a human element to their blogs or engage students.
DEMO - SCRATCH - What is this???? Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
**Educators** - Information for educators using Scratch **News** - Stories about Scratch in the media **Research** - Papers and presentations about Scratch
• ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
Just FOUND !!!!! …. Page99TEST
• Putting the Page 99 test to the, er, test
• Read page 99 of a new book and, according to Ford Madox Ford, you'll know whether you want to read the whole thing. A new website plans to let us all try this out. Would you turn the page?
• Every classroom in UK must have a collaborating classroom outside the country
• Example: grade 2 and 4 collaborations between classes inUK and inLouisiana
Project Overview
• Friendly letters with email
• Compared cultures
• Completed “documentary”
• Connecting classrooms in 200 countries
• 13 million students & teachers
First Email with Built-in Language Translation
Collaboration across the Digital Divide:
New York Students and their ePals in Botswana
Students from the Guangxi School, China
Email ImprovesReadingand Writing Test Scores
State standardized test scores from a Newark Public Schools 4th grade class show significant reading and writing improvement through twice weekly use of email letter writing with fellow classmates and a peer classroom in Italy.
• - ePals is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the ePals Global ..
• What do you do when the news warns of a big storm? In this project, students learn about the natural disasters of the world. Through email exchanges, students will learn about natural disasters, where and under what conditions they are most likely to occur, particularly those natural disasters common in their ePals' location.
• How can we help to save our planet from global warming? In this project, students learn about the effects of global warming and ways to reduce its effects on our planet. Through email exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids around the globe can make a difference.
• If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still have a hump? In this project, students research habitats, and the animal and plant life within. Students will learn about threats to habitat life, as well as unique qualities of each habitat. Email exchanges help students identify differences between their own habitat and that of their ePals.
• Why in the world would you need more than one map of the same location? In this project, students will learn to use three different types of maps (physical, climate, political) to gather information about where their ePals live. Students will participate in email exchanges focusing on how geographic location impacts their ePals' daily lives.
I am the Technology Director for the Durango School District in Durango Colorado.
As a part of our Technology Integration Project, we are instructing our teachers and students about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling. In the class each student creates a project with digital photos, images and/or slides. I am creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as an example. I am seeking permission to use one song from the Billy Dean Album ”Let The Be Little.”
I have completed my research on the Internet and located the following information:
Reference: Song Title: “Let Them Be Little”
Artist/Composer: Billy Dean
Songwriter: Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
Recording Company: Curb Records
I would like to use the above songs in my Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete songs will play and show my digital photos of my grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images that I have created. I have included a slide in the presentation that provides the credits for the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the recording company. Below that information I have
The project was co-founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment.
... Hi, I'm Vicki Davis, full time teacher, global collaborator, and Mom. Author of award winning wikis, blogs, co-founder of Flat Classroom ...http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
... Welcome to the home of the Flat Classroom™ Project and associated global collaborations including NetGenEd Project, Digiteen Project and ...http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
The Flat Classroom™ Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded. The project was co-founded by
Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment. The Flat Classroom Project 2006 is featured in Chapter 13, 'If it's not happening it's because you're not doing it', of the 2007 edition of Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat' upon which it was based. (pages 501-503)
One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.
The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.
Podcasts In The Classroom
WHY BOTHER?
Students reading their original poetry or short stories.
• Foreign language teachers narrating passages to be translated at home by students.
• Biology students recording two minute overviews on specific genetic disorders.
• Music students recording original compositions.
• History teachers recording classroom discussions or lectures for absent students.
• Elementary students recording a greeting to pen pals across the country or world.
Best for:Creating your own language lab—no funding required.
Why It’s Worth It: No one teaches German (or Chinese, or French) at your school? There are so many podcasts for foreign-language learners. You can find lessons on iTunes. My German Class is a weekly video podcast created by Clark Shah-Nelson, a former elementary school teacher from Denver, Colorado. Kids can watch Shah-Nelson make toast as he teaches them the German words for “toaster,” “butter,” and “plate.” It’s all in German, but kids will catch on.
• 7. IDEAS :
• 6th graders are studying Central American and Carribean countries.
• involve my 6th graders more into the creation process of the podcast by making them responsable for writing and recording a script for a country
• divided into groups of two or three students and given the homework of writing and practicing the script.
Best for: ESL teachers—packed with classroom activity ideas, interactive games, teaching insights, and interviews.
• Why It’s Worth It: Co-hosts Mark and Eric, both ESL teachers, share insights about their classes. (One teaches in Japan, the other in the United States.) They interview ESL experts and offer many classroom-ready ideas.
OK- let’s give this a try…..
The Best Part of Me
Students will:
Students will identify a positive physical feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for Photo Story about their favorite feature.
• Skills
• Tools
• More Projects and even more projects
This I Believe
• international project engaging people in writing, sharing,
• the core values that guide their daily lives
• short statements of belief
• The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
About:Rock Our World celebrates community building through the integration of science, music and collaborative technologies. Students share creativity and learning with digital technologies.
“Hands Around The World”
Projects for the Global Classroom Connection
Conference Links: www.drhowie.com
Twitter: hhdiblasi e-mail: howie@frontier.net
Best magazine: http://www.edutopia.org/magazine
• Skills
• Tools
• Projects
What Are 21st Century Learning Skills ?
I.S.T.E…NETS for Students-I.S.T.E…NETS for Teachers
Welcome to the NETS•S Implementation Wiki
• http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/
•
• Student Friendly Standard Names
• http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/Student+Friendly+Standard+Names
ISTE NETS: Communicate and Collaborate
– Students use digital media and environments tocommunicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.students:
– interact, collaborate, and publishwith peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
– communicate information and ideaseffectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
– developcultural understanding and global awarenessby engaging with learners of other cultures.
– contribute to project teams toproduce original works or solve problems.
New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce which
Rethinks K-12 education to help students be successful in the global economy.
Some of the 21st century skills outlined will be:
• “Knowing more about the world” -creating global citizens
• “Thinking outside of the box” - creativity and innovation
• “Becoming smarter about new sources of information” - information literacy
• “Developing good people skills” - teamwork
Skills for success
**http://www.graduateopportunities.com/career_advice/graduate_skills**
So what CORE SKILLS do employers seek.
Skills for success – CORE SKILLS - employers seek.
• Communication (oral & written)
• Creativity & Problem-solving
• Critical and analytical thinking
• Information gathering, evaluation & synthesis
• Literacy
• Ambition, self-awareness & an inquiring mind
• Know more about the world-(Global citizens)
• Think outside the box- (Creativity and innovation)
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Community involvement
• http://www.graduateopportunities.com/career_advice/graduate_skills
Changing Curricula
Technology can be used to
• Promote global learning
• Provide cultural understanding
• Build relationships.
So tell me in simple words…..
Quote at staff meeting from the principal
• There is a BIG difference ..between can’t and won’t…….when you tell me you can’t , I will help you BUT..when you say you won’t…..
• Skills
•Tools
• Projects
How do we engage the Digital Learner?
62 Tools
• **Glogster** Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends
• **Edmodo** Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech
• **Bubbl.us** Free application to brainstorm online
• **Twitter** The micro blogging service that many love or hate.
• **Prezi** Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint
• **Animoto** Make beautiful videos from images in a snap
• **Blabberize** Make your images talk…that’s right.
• **Weebly** Create your own website or blog, very easy to use
• **Flickr** Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print
• **Slideshare** Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions!
• **Audioboo** Easily record and share audio
• **VoiceThread**
• **GoogleSites** Make your own website while knowing nothing about websites!
• **Delicious** One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web
• **Diigo** Popular social bookmarking site
• **Wordle** Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text
• **Tagxedo** Like Wordle-a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images
• **Zoho** A great alternative to Google Apps
• **Primarypad** Web-based word processor
• **Spicy Nodes** Innovative way to organize your web visits
• **Voki** Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice
• **DoInk** Create animations using this simple website
• **Scratch** Create and share stories, games, art, etc.
• **Kerpoof** Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all
• **SmartKiddies** Creative math and other educational problems to help everyone learn
• **Bitstrips** Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others
• **Popplet** An easy way to share visual ideas
• **Zoo Burst** **http://www.zooburst.com/** Digital storytelling tool- create 3D pop-up books.
• **Storybird** Build your own stories (with images)- share **Storyjumper** Create stories and bring them to life
• **Aviary Myna** Make your own music or remix
• **TimeToast** Timeline visualization tool- history
• **GoAnimate for schools** State of the art animation tools
• **Schoology** Learning management, online education tools, and much more
• **Google Timeline** A unique way to view the news
• **Online-Convert** Convert anything to anything (audio, video, text, etc.)
• **ReadWriteThink** Tons of classroom resources and PD goodies
• **Word Magnets** Phonics reinforcement and sentence building exercise
• **Museum Box** Innovative way to understand history
• **Atmosphir** A build-your-own video game
• **Empressr** Rich media presentation tool
• **EasyBib** The free automatic bibliography and citation maker
• **ToonDooSpaces** Easily publish custom comic strips
• **Crocodoc** Annotate and edit PDFs
OK- Let’s Get started
Sooooooo what is this backchannel thingeeee?
• Using a backchannel:
• **http://todaysmeet.com/**
• Let’s check this out….. http://todaysmeet.com/ISTEsat
Next item of business
TimeToast Timeline visualization tool- history
• FIRST PROJECT
• Make a Time line of your life
• Put in major events in your life. Make sure you include success and failures and good and bad decisions
• Add 5 events to the Time-line i.e. - Birth- high school-college-first teaching job-marriage-kids birth-passing of a loved one-divorce-start of a business- bankruptcy-empty nester-retirement etc.
• LINK: **http://www.timetoast.com/**
• Let’s check this out…..
**Spicy Nodes** **http://www.spicynodes.org/**
Innovative way to organize your web visits
• 1. Start SPICEY NODES
• 2. Find 3 web site about collaborations and students-
• Example below:
• **//Student//** **2.0 - Your Global Personal Learning Network**
• Student 2.0 is a network for learners to connect independently with other learners and with mentors from around the world, and to have ...
Start collaborating documents with:
Google Docs-Project - SLIDE Presentation
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AX7OyqN3IUcBZGhzbnBza184M2dnZzd0c2c2&hl=en_US&authkey=CIqlreEE
Test me PRIMARY PAD
–Primary Pad http://primarypad.com/
http://primarypad.com/iste1
http://primarypad.com/iste2
http://primarypad.com/iste3
http://primarypad.com/iste4
http://primarypad.com/iste5
http://primarypad.com/iste6
http://primarypad.com/iste7
Other alternatives
• Talking w/an English teacher last week about Etherpad and did a demo w/my yearbook kids. Great tool, but going away, right?
Fortunately, I put a call out for help to my Twitter peeps and got a number of responses w/alternatives:
http://typewith.me/
http://www.ietherpad.com/
http://primarypad.com/
http://piratepad.net/
• Sync.in has all the features of Etherpad bundled in a redesigned intuitive interface. We’ve integrated it with Twitter, Facebook and some of your favorite social networks so you can share notes with friends and colleagues easily.
Sync.in is available in a Free and Pro model.
• To start creating notes, without registration, visit: http://sync.in
Whiteboard Evaluation Project
• TEST me **Scriblink** - http://www.scriblink.com/
• Your Online Whiteboard
• OR
• TEST me Dabbleboard http://www.dabbleboard.com/
• Drawings and graphic organizers-online
• Share with others
• Students in multiple locations can add to the board at the same time.
Use VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/
Voice Thread - Check one out !!!
SAMPLE HERE- view 2 VOICE THREADShttp://voicethread.com/?#q.b908650.i4836718
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b1391.i15629
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b33484.i177750
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b1191.i13695
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b45226.i236813
This is Brazil: http://voicethread.com/#q.b69307.i359512
To Blog or not to Blog…. That is the Question!
There is a “buzz” about blogging…
Web publication gives students a real audience to write to and, when optimized, a collaborative environment where they can give and receive feedback.techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders
Why would I use a blog in my classroom?
• engage in discussion.
• equal opportunity to participate.
• reading and writing
• work published
• share their ideas and opinions with other
• contribute to the discussion.
Let’s post to a blog and see what this is all about!
• A. BLOG to use is HERE (Link) : http://mytooltest.blogspot.com/
• Introduce yourself to the class workshop
• Share in the BLOG:
• Name
• Location
• What you do
• One thing that is unique or different about you
•
Check out Sample in EDMODO
• VIDEO HERE http://www.edmodo.com/#
• Blog here: http://blog.edmodo.com/
ØREFERENCE- Student Created Blog Policies
http://budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Student_Created_Blog_Policies
Web Conferencing Resources
Kim Caise, NBCT- Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Co-host
http://bit.ly/eh7fk1• Protected Web Conferencing (Videoconferencing) and Meeting Tools
• http://caisefiles.wikispaces.com/Web+Conferencing+Resources
12 Reasons to Blog with Your Students
Posted by Vicki A. DavisI was sent a dozen roses this week by a wonderful, amazing student who found his talent for writing in this year's Digiteen project. I'm more convinced than ever that blogging and doing it with other students from around the world is essential to helping students connect with themselves and a larger world.
You ask me to give you the reasons. In honor of the dozen roses on my desk, here's just twelve.
- Blogging is a different form of writing than the essay.
- Blogging encourages student voice.
- Blogging creates a stronger connection with the teacher.
- Blogging gets students writing.
- Blogging engages students in conversation.
- Blogging Helps Eradicate IM Speak from their Professional Writing.
- Blogging Teaches Digital Citizenship
- Blogging Can Teach the Nature of the Internet
The students come away with a powerful technical knowledge, particularly when their work gets picked up by a major news outlet like the Digiteen Dream Team's protest of the Google Lively Shut Down.A look in the Mind of Your Toughest Student (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
Blogging With My Students (jackieregales.com)
Transititioning from Student Blogger to Blogging Mentee (case.typepad.com)
Our tips for getting blogs ready for the end of the school year (theedublogger.com)
Web 2.0 Leadership for Students (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
Why Teachers Need Digital Citizenship (coalcrackerclassroom.wordpress.com)
Upcoming Flat Classroom Projects including the new Elementary Project (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
**//Kerpoof//** **Scholastics****™** //www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=overview//
• Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original **http://www.kerpoof.com/**
• [PDF] **Introduction to the //Kerpoof// Publishing //Studio//**
• nennis.hcpss.wikispaces.net/file/view/Kerpoof_Intro_03.pdfFile
• **http://ww.kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans**
DEMO - What is JING?
• **Jing - Capture & Share Images, Web Pages. | TechSmith.com**
•
• //www.techsmith.com/// JingShare From Desktop. Free!
JING
• Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor.
• Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
• Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.
**STUDENT-CREATED Videos** -
//Mathtrain//.TV //www.mathtrain.tv///
FreePlay – Music - http://freeplaymusic.com/
• welcome to freeplay music
FREEPLAY MUSIC REACHES OVER 8,000,000 PAGE VIEWS TO OUR WEBSITE!! We're adding new music constantly, so check out our new releases.
**Creative Commons Music**
http://classroomnext.blogspot.com/2010/01/creative-commons-music.html
Voki
• Voki is a speaking avatar, ...www.squidoo.com
• **Adding A //Voki// Speaking Avatar To Your Blog Sidebar | The Edublogger**
• **http://theedublogger.com/2008/02/24/adding-a-voki-speaking-avatar-to-your-blog-sidebar/**
•
• used to add a human element to their blogs or engage students.
DEMO - SCRATCH - What is this????
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
**Educators** - Information for educators using Scratch
**News** - Stories about Scratch in the media
**Research** - Papers and presentations about Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Links
• http://scratch.mit.edu/
• About Scratch
• http://info.scratch.mit.edu/About_Scratch
• Video Tutorials
• http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials
Check out the 1,422,135 projects from around the world! http://scratch.mit.edu/channel/featured
Creative Writing- Check these 2 web sites out…
**Storybird** http://storybird.com/
• Build your own stories (with images) and share them with others
•
• **//ZooBurst//** - //www.zooburst.com///
• a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Sign up! Learn More. Premium ZooBurst accounts are ...
Where could you use it?
http://zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php
• ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
Just FOUND !!!!! …. Page99TEST
• Putting the Page 99 test to the, er, test
• Read page 99 of a new book and, according to Ford Madox Ford, you'll know whether you want to read the whole thing. A new website plans to let us all try this out. Would you turn the page?
http://www.page99test.com/Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browser //www.picnik.com///
• Photo editing made fun.
• makes your photos incredible with easy online editing ...
Glogster Glogster.EDU
• Lesson ideas to foster creativity and higher order thinking skills http://edu.glogster.com/
• Teachers and students can create interactive posters for research, websites, presentations, reflection,
**The //Global// Education //Collaborative// - The Official Social Network ...** //http://globaleducation.ning.com///
• Join our online community for those interested in global education. Contribute by adding media, conversation, and collaborative projects.
DIGITAL VAULTS
**The //National Archives// Experience: //Digital Vaults//**
• Screenshot of the Digital Vaults showing an interconnected web of records. www.digitalvaults.org/
• Explore the National Archives collection in the Digital Vaults. ...
**//Animoto//** **- Video Slideshow Maker with Music**
Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows //http://animoto.com///• Fast, free and simple - we make awesome easy.
Social Studies: GOOGLE - ... MAPS & MAPPING
Cool things to do in Google Maps:
DEMO: Virtual Push Pin example
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/lewis-clark-trail-on-google-maps.html
Virtual Earth API: Creating Numbered Pushpins
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/keithkin/archive/2007/05/16/virtual-earth-api-creating-numbered-pushpins.aspx
Concept: Moveable Push Pins, Part 2
• http://www.garzilla.net/vemaps/MovePushPin2.aspx
Concept: Animated Push Pins
• http://www.garzilla.net/vemaps/DropPushPin.aspx
• Skills
• Tools
•Projects
Technology tools to apply in global projects are:
• E—Mail:
• Digital Photography and Digital Storybooks:
• Digital Video and Digital Storytelling:
• Instant Messaging:
• Blogs and Forums:
• Wikis:
• Web Sites:
• Podcasts:
• Videoconferencing
• Web Cameras:
Using Web 2.0 Tools and Social Networking
for Global Collaborative Learning
What collaborations do you have now?
• Within school?
• Within district?
• Within state?
• OutsideU.S. borders?
• How do you find partners?
• How do you communicate?
• Any ePals users here?
UK: schools must collaborate
• Every classroom in UK must have a collaborating classroom outside the country
• Example: grade 2 and 4 collaborations between classes inUK and inLouisiana
Project Overview
• Friendly letters with email
• Compared cultures
• Completed “documentary”
• Connecting classrooms in 200 countries
• 13 million students & teachers
First Email with Built-in Language Translation
Collaboration across the Digital Divide:
New York Students and their ePals in Botswana
Students from the Guangxi School, China
Email ImprovesReadingand Writing Test Scores
State standardized test scores from a Newark Public Schools 4th grade class show significant reading and writing improvement through twice weekly use of email letter writing with fellow classmates and a peer classroom in Italy.
Check one out !!!
**//ePals// Global Community**
• http://www.epals.com/
• - ePals is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the ePals Global ..
Sign In Help Join Now Home Projects
Collaborate Teachers Students
Families About ePals
Projects >>>> Lets do a project !!!! Select one belowThe Way We Are http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview
En Español
Habitats http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Habitat_overview
Holidays and Festivals Around the World
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=holidays_overview
Digital Storytelling http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Digital_overview
Maps http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Maps_overview
En Español
Water http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Water_overview
Global Warming http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=GlobalWarming_overview
En Español
Natural Disasters http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=NaturalDisasters_overview
Weather http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=Weather_overview
>>>> Lets do a project !!!! Select one Below
The Way We Are
What makes me who I am? I
• students engage in a collaborative learning experience.
• students learn about the daily lives, cultures, climates and geography
• children who live in other regions of the world.
• http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/
Natural Disasters
• What do you do when the news warns of a big storm? In this project, students learn about the natural disasters of the world. Through email exchanges, students will learn about natural disasters, where and under what conditions they are most likely to occur, particularly those natural disasters common in their ePals' location.
• http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId=index
Global Warming
• How can we help to save our planet from global warming? In this project, students learn about the effects of global warming and ways to reduce its effects on our planet. Through email exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids around the globe can make a difference.
• http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId=index
Habitats
• If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still have a hump? In this project, students research habitats, and the animal and plant life within. Students will learn about threats to habitat life, as well as unique qualities of each habitat. Email exchanges help students identify differences between their own habitat and that of their ePals.
• http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId=index
Maps
• Why in the world would you need more than one map of the same location? In this project, students will learn to use three different types of maps (physical, climate, political) to gather information about where their ePals live. Students will participate in email exchanges focusing on how geographic location impacts their ePals' daily lives.
• http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId=index
“We need to teach our students global communication, starting with Kindergarten.”
…..Alan November..
My Town – Our Town - Small Town
Small Town
• Students will obtain lyrics from the song “ My Town” by Montgomery Gentry.
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• A Photo Story will be created to tell about the student’s town that they live in.
• Connections about the community, schools, people, government, families, children, intercultural, environment will be demonstrated in digital photos.
• Contact will be made with the songwriter to obtain permission to use the song in the student presentation.
• Students will insert photos, determine timing, visual effects and show the final project for evaluation.
Label: Curb Records
address: 48 Music Sq. E
Nashville, Tennessee , 37203
Phone: 615-321-5080 jozier@curb.com djohnson@curb.com
Reference: Song Title: “Let Them Be Little”
Artist/Composer: Billy Dean
Songwriter: Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
Recording Company: Curb Records
Dear Sir;
I am the Technology Director for the Durango School District in Durango Colorado.
As a part of our Technology Integration Project, we are instructing our teachers and students about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling. In the class each student creates a project with digital photos, images and/or slides. I am creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as an example. I am seeking permission to use one song from the Billy Dean Album ”Let The Be Little.”
I have completed my research on the Internet and located the following information:
Reference: Song Title: “Let Them Be Little”
Artist/Composer: Billy Dean
Songwriter: Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
Recording Company: Curb Records
I would like to use the above songs in my Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete songs will play and show my digital photos of my grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images that I have created. I have included a slide in the presentation that provides the credits for the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the recording company. Below that information I have
Flat Classroom
Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools,USA)Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS)International School,China
The project was co-founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment.
//Vicki Davis//' Cool Cat Teacher Blog
... Hi, I'm Vicki Davis, full time teacher, global collaborator, and Mom. Author of award winning wikis, blogs, co-founder of Flat Classroom ... http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com///Flat Classroom// Project
... Welcome to the home of the Flat Classroom™ Project and associated global collaborations including NetGenEd Project, Digiteen Project and ... http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/Welcome to the home of the Flat Classroom™ Project and associated global collaborations including NetGenEd Project, Digiteen Project and Eracism Project. This summary provides a review and links to all project websites and application forms to join.
Current Project Wikis
NetGenEd 2011 Flat Classroom 11-1 Flat Classroom 11-2Digiteen 11-1 Digiteen 11-2
What is the Flat Classroom™ Project?
The Flat Classroom™ Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded. The project was co-founded by
Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment. The Flat Classroom Project 2006 is featured in Chapter 13, 'If it's not happening it's because you're not doing it', of the 2007 edition of Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat' upon which it was based. (pages 501-503)
One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.
The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.
Podcasts In The Classroom
WHY BOTHER?
Students reading their original poetry or short stories.
• Foreign language teachers narrating passages to be translated at home by students.
• Biology students recording two minute overviews on specific genetic disorders.
• Music students recording original compositions.
• History teachers recording classroom discussions or lectures for absent students.
• Elementary students recording a greeting to pen pals across the country or world.
Pick 2 to explore
1. **Podcasting 101: What Do I Need To Start My Own** **Podcast?**
2. Podcasting Links
• **//Podcasting// Tools** //www.podcasting-tools.com//
• Podcasting tools, specifications, podcasting directories, and information related to podcasts.
• 3. Skip the Tuition: 100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges in the world
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/skip-the-tuition:-100-free-podcasts-from-the-best-colleges-in-the-world
• 4. [PDF] **//100// Great Ideas for //Educational Podcasting//**
• Andrew Middleton
5. The Top 25 Educational Podcasts on iTunes
• //http://www.openculture.com/2008/02/the_top_25_educational_podcasts_on_itunes_.html//
• Podcast Articles and Resources
• Every now and then, we like to list the top ranking educational on podcasts on iTunes. ...
6. My German Class
Where to Find it: On iTunes, or at www.mygermanclass.com
Best for: Creating your own language lab—no funding required.
Why It’s Worth It: No one teaches German (or Chinese, or French) at your school? There are so many podcasts for foreign-language learners. You can find lessons on iTunes. My German Class is a weekly video podcast created by Clark Shah-Nelson, a former elementary school teacher from Denver, Colorado. Kids can watch Shah-Nelson make toast as he teaches them the German words for “toaster,” “butter,” and “plate.” It’s all in German, but kids will catch on.
• 7. IDEAS :
• 6th graders are studying Central American and Carribean countries.
• involve my 6th graders more into the creation process of the podcast by making them responsable for writing and recording a script for a country
• divided into groups of two or three students and given the homework of writing and practicing the script.
• criteria needed to inlcude the following:
• Country's name
• Geographic location
• Currency
• Flag
• Interesting fact about the country
• Be creative
http://www.langwitches.org/projects/internet/podcast/index.htm
8. ESL Teacher Talk
Where to Find it: On iTunes, or at www.ESLteachertalk.com
Best for: ESL teachers—packed with classroom activity ideas, interactive games, teaching insights, and interviews.
• Why It’s Worth It: Co-hosts Mark and Eric, both ESL teachers, share insights about their classes. (One teaches in Japan, the other in the United States.) They interview ESL experts and offer many classroom-ready ideas.
OK- let’s give this a try…..
The Best Part of Me
Students will:
Students will identify a positive physical feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for Photo Story about their favorite feature.
• Skills
• Tools
• More Projects and even more projects
This I Believe
• international project engaging people in writing, sharing,
• the core values that guide their daily lives
• short statements of belief
• The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
Thirty Things I Believe…
by 6 year old - Tarak McLain
This I Believe…NPR
• Essays New and Old-**Thirty Things I Believe**
• Tarak McLain's group celebrated their 100th day of class
• some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton balls.
• Tarak brought a list of 100 things he believes.
• Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his top beliefs about God, life, nature and war.
My Hero
Who is your hero?
Thumb up – Thumbs down?
• Anthony, Susan B.
• Jordan, Michael
• Powell, Colin
• Aaron, Hank
• King, Martin Luther
• Robinson, Jackie
• Banneker, Benjamin
• Lincoln, Abraham
• Roosevelt,Franklin
• MacArthur, Douglas
• Marshall, ThurgoodWalker,
• Edison, Thomas
• Owens, JesseWoods, TigerJackson, JessePaige, SatchelWright, Frank L.
• American Heroes: Then and Now
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/jackson.htm
• Jackson Creek Middle School
• **//How diverse is Jackson Creek?//**
• **//http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/diversity/main.htm//**
My Hero - Who is your hero?
• Objectives:
• Describe the characteristics of a hero.
• Recognize the hero in a story.
• Name heroes in their lives and express why those people are heroes to them.
• Use a computer to access the Internet, find and read stories on the MY HERO Website. http://myhero.com/go/home.asp
• Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity.
My Hero Project
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=marco_torres
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.asp
The Digital Hero Book project
http://www.digitalherobook.org/
• inter-classroom exchange of personal and positive stories by youth from around the world
• focus on their strengths and “hero” qualities
• digital storytelling with online group collaboration
• develops literacy, digital media skills and cross-cultural awareness.
• Youth from South Africa, Kenya and the USA are participating in the current pilot phase of the project. digitalherobook.org
• These are example digital hero stories.
• How to Write a Short StoryStories: a Priceless Educational Material for All
• **Taylor Swift** **– Love Story**
• http://www.digitalherobook.org/taylor-swift-love-story/
Journey North
• Web Site:
• http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Rock Our World
• Speakers:Camilla Gagliolo
About: Rock Our World celebrates community building through the integration of science, music and collaborative technologies. Students share creativity and learning with digital technologies.
Rock Our World's Page
http://globaleducation.ning.com/profile/RockOurWorld
• Profile Information
• Location-California
• I am a:
• teacher, tech coordinator, tech director, non-profit employee, consultant
• Title: Technology Integration Specialist
• Grade Level or Age of Students You Work With
• PreK-6
• Twitter Name: rockourworld
• Web Site:
• http://www.rockourworld.org
Welcome to Rock Our World!
http://rockourworld.pbworks.com/w/page/14406926/Welcome-to-Rock-Our-World!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rock-Our-World/46190627445
**The Global Education Collaborative**
The Official Social Network of the Global Education Conference
• Links to connect:
• http://globaleducation.ning.com/
• Groups
• http://globaleducation.ning.com/groups
Reason for Joining the GEC
• About Me/Reason for Joining the GEC:
• Technology Coordinator
Vision Specialist
Apple Distinguished Educator
STAR Discovery Educator
ISTE Teacher of the Year
Top Online Educator
Disney Teacher
SMARTBoard Exemplary Educator
Google Certified Teacher
American Film Institute
• from the book:
//The Backdoor to Enlightenment://
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing Your World
Will you be the 10th person?
• For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.
Contact Information:
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist“
Digital Journey
howie@frontier.net
970-749-0760